A petrol tanker crashed in the early hours of Friday in Jaji, Kaduna State, spilling Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) along the Kaduna–Zaria highway.
In a statement on X on Saturday, the National Emergency Management Agency confirmed the incident, saying it occurred on October 31, 2025, and was reportedly caused by the impatience of the tanker driver.
NEMA said, “Upon receiving the alert, the Head of NEMA Kaduna Operations Office, Mallam Suleiman Muhammad, activated the Agency’s Emergency Response Team. The Search and Rescue Unit arrived promptly at the scene, where officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps had already commenced response activities.”
The agency added that the FRSC, under the leadership of Kaduna Sector Commander Tijjani Iliyasu, “successfully supervised the safe evacuation of the tanker’s contents into another truck provided for the operation, thereby averting a potential disaster.”
The accident caused heavy traffic disruption along both lanes of the Kaduna–Zaria highway, forcing authorities to divert motorists through Amana, Mai Madaci, and Turunku communities.
“NEMA, FRSC, security agencies, and other stakeholders worked collaboratively to ensure public safety and ease traffic congestion,” the statement said, urging road users to remain patient and obey traffic directives as normal movement gradually resumed.
The latest incident comes barely two weeks after a petrol tanker explosion in Niger State claimed 45 lives and left several others injured at Essa community in Katcha Local Government Area.
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